Most Helpful Positive Review

Dec 26, 2004

Made this recipe two ways at the same time. one in the smoker and the other in a oven. Both were marinaded overnight. I lightly smoked one all day in an electric smoker and came out awesome. I placed the rest of the marinade in a cup and basted it several times during the cooking process. I had a water pan underneath the shoulder and filled it with hot apple juice, water and white wine. This kept the meat very moist plus it caught the juices from the meat. When basting, check the water pan and add more WARM liquid. Pull out meat at 175 Degrees. Let set for 20 min. covered with tinfoil. Very, very moist and tasty. Used BBQ sauce on this one. The oven one was a little dry and didn't retain the flavor of the smoked one. Same for the oven one. let stand for 20 min covered then slice. We used the juices from the oven one and heated it up in a pan added a 1/2 cup of Chardonney Wine and a little corn starch to thicken it . Made a great gravey for the oven pork shoulder.

This seems like one of those recipes that no matter what you do you can't get it wrong. I didn't even have time to marinate the meat. I figured I'd just try it anyway to see if it still works. I put the marinade in an iron skillet and cooked it medium heat till bubbly, then I put the meat in the skillet and seared both sides. Then put it all(covered with foil) in the oven at 400 degrees using the meat thermometer to check for doneness. I also added 2 extra onions to the marinade. I did not have any garlic to add so I doubled the amount of garlic powder. It was still very good. It was even better on sandwiches the next day. This is a keeper for sure. Thank you Glenn for this outstanding recipe!

I followed this recipe exactly and I grilled an 8 lb. pork shoulder over an indirect 300-350 degree gas fire. It took about 5 hours to cook to 160 degrees. The outside was over done but the inside was GREAT! I will make it again and allot more cooking time. As an added bonus, the leftover meat made superb cold sandwiches.

This is really delicious. I only had two hours to marinate the roast, so next time it will probably be even more flavorful. I didn't have corn syrup, so I substituted honey--still really yummy. Thanks for sharing this one!